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Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney, Leah Saffian, confirmed that several employees at Federal Prison Camp Bryan have been terminated for improperly accessing Maxwell’s attorney-client emails and passing the material to a federal official.

According to Saffian, those emails were then provided to Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and later released to the media.

Saffian said the unauthorized access involved prison staff breaking into Maxwell’s email system, removing confidential communications, and transmitting them to Raskin.

She said Raskin then shared them publicly under the label of whistleblower material.

In a formal statement, Saffian said, “The release to the media by Congressman Raskin (Dem., Maryland), of Ms. Maxwell’s privileged client-attorney email correspondence with me is as improper as it is a denial of justice. Congressman Raskin is a Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, an attorney and law professor. He must be aware that his conduct undermines the whole legal process. His action should be a matter for professional disciplinary action.”

Saffian said disciplinary action has already taken place within the federal prison system.

“There have been appropriate consequences already for employees at Federal Prison Camp Bryan. They have been terminated for improper, unauthorized access to the email system used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to allow inmates to communicate with the outside world.”

She added that routing those emails to a federal official, who then provided them to the press, violated constitutional protections.

“The provision of those emails to a federal official who then caused them to be shared with the media is a breach of constitutional protections including the First, Sixth and Fourteenth amendments afforded to all prisoners.”

Saffian objected to the description of the leaked emails as whistleblower information.

“Dressing the improper action up as ‘Whistleblower Information’ does not mitigate the fact that the mails were both illegally obtained and put to unconstitutional purpose. It is clear that no effort to fact check the credibility or veracity of the so called ‘whistleblower’ was made by the Representative or his offices. For Rep. Raskin to seek to make political capital from such publication and from the content of personal emails between Ms. Maxwell and a family member is both shocking and reprehensible.”

Saffian also said Maxwell has never sought a pardon and that the released emails falsely implied she was attempting to secure clemency.

She said Maxwell has not asked President Donald Trump or anyone else for intervention and is instead pursuing a habeas corpus petition.

ABC News reported that Raskin sent a six-page letter to President Trump alleging that Maxwell was preparing a commutation application and receiving preferential treatment.

According to the report, Raskin wrote that the Trump administration was allowing “a corrupt misuse of law-enforcement resources” and requested testimony from Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding “this corrupt misuse of law enforcement resources and potential exchange of favors for false testimony exonerating you and other Epstein accomplices.”

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said, “The White House does not comment on potential clemency requests. As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about.”

Saffian said Maxwell’s habeas petition will be filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York.

“Ms. Maxwell will shortly be filing a Habeas petition with the Federal District Court (SDNY). Habeas petitions are distinct from petitions to the Supreme Court, in that they relate to prisoners’ rights and conviction challenges.”

She said Maxwell has not filed a clemency request.

“Contrary to Rep. Raskin’s assertion, Ms. Maxwell has not requested a commutation – or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a Prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted.”

Saffian said the petition includes material that was not available at trial.

“In Ms. Maxwell’s case, her Habeas petition provides the court with material evidence not available at her trial in November–December 2021. In the four years since the verdict new evidence has indeed come to light – and is continuing to do so. The Habeas petition demonstrates that had this evidence been available it would have had a material impact on the trial’s outcome.”

She said the filing will raise claims of misconduct.

“It also demonstrates unequivocally that significant government – and juror – misconduct occurred pre-, during and post- trial, making the verdict at the very least unsafe. It shows that Ms. Maxwell has every right to expect rapid and meaningful relief from the court, thus potentially obviating the need for any further action relating to her imprisonment.”

The Hill reported that Raskin’s office would not comment on the terminations and said the committee would not discuss information that could identify whistleblowers.

A spokesperson for Judiciary Committee Democrats said, “To protect the identity of whistleblowers we won’t comment on any information that could identify whistleblowers, including whistleblowers’ employment status. Any effort by BOP to intimidate, silence, or retaliate against anyone, including inmates and staff with information on Ms. Maxwell’s outrageous preferential treatment is unacceptable.”

The spokesperson added, “Judiciary Democrats will continue to demand answers and expose the truth as we get to the bottom of the effort to cover up this Administration’s obscene coddling of a convicted sexual trafficker and abuser.”

According to The Hill, the committee disputed any claim of attorney-client privilege violations.

A spokeswoman said the TRULINCS system requires users to acknowledge monitoring and retrieval capabilities, adding, “I have no expectation of privacy as to any communication on or information stored within the system.”